design Archives | The Alternative Blog https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/tag/design/ Blog title Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:44:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 How to Design a Bespoke Rug From the Comfort of Your Home https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2025/07/how-to-design-a-bespoke-rug-from-the-comfort-of-your-home/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2025/07/how-to-design-a-bespoke-rug-from-the-comfort-of-your-home/#respond Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:23:32 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=4859 This month marked the launch of our new and improved Make Me A Rug – an interactive tool designed to enhance the creative design process behind our bespoke rug service. Making going bespoke more accessible than ever, whether you’re a passionate interiors enthusiast or simply dipping your toes in for the first time. No experience…

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2025/07/how-to-design-a-bespoke-rug-from-the-comfort-of-your-home/feed/ 0 Amelia’s Dream Home https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2022/04/amelias-dream-home/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2022/04/amelias-dream-home/#respond Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:52:43 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=3721 London based travel, fashion, beauty and lifestyle influencer Amelia Liana chose Alternative carpets, rugs and runners for her new home. We chatted to her about her flooring, interior and decor inspiration.

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2022/04/amelias-dream-home/feed/ 0 WINNING TARTAN https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2021/11/winning-tartan-carpet/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2021/11/winning-tartan-carpet/#respond Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:02:32 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=3617 Sophie Anne Campbell, winner of Glasgow School of Art and Alternative Flooring design competition, shares her story...

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2021/11/winning-tartan-carpet/feed/ 0 The Interior Design Collective https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2020/04/the-interior-design-collective/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2020/04/the-interior-design-collective/#respond Sun, 19 Apr 2020 18:40:20 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=3231 The co-founders tell us more about the IDC and break down some myths about interior design in our Q&A….

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2020/04/the-interior-design-collective/feed/ 0 Ella Doran: Sheep to Seat, Fleece to Floor https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2019/06/ella-doran/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2019/06/ella-doran/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2019 20:12:12 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=2828 Award-winning homewares designer Ella Doran tells us about what inspired Sheep to Seat, Fleece to Floor project in our Q&A….

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2019/06/ella-doran/feed/ 1 MID-CENTURY MODERN https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2019/04/mid-century-modern-living/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2019/04/mid-century-modern-living/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2019 13:28:47 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=2760 Discover the beauty of Mid-Century Modern design and get inspired by our Alternative Rug Stars, Keith and Mark AKA Mini Moderns.

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2019/04/mid-century-modern-living/feed/ 1 Boutique Zoffany for Alternative Flooring https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/09/boutique-zoffany-for-alternative-flooring/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/09/boutique-zoffany-for-alternative-flooring/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:49:01 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=2461 For the first time, Zoffany’s inspirational design stories are translated into a different cloth, wall to wall carpet. Discover how Zoffany for Alternative Flooring was created. We caught up with Peter Gomez, Head of the Zoffany design studio to talk through the inspiration behind this new collaboration.

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/09/boutique-zoffany-for-alternative-flooring/feed/ 1 Mini Moderns Rug Stars: We’re talking rugs with stars of the interior world. https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/08/mini-moderns-rug-stars/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/08/mini-moderns-rug-stars/#respond Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:23:26 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=2301 Creative duo Mini Moderns choose their perfect rugs. Keith’s Rug Stars choice is a Wool Milkshake Coconut rug and Mark’s Rug Stars choice is a patterned Quirky B Honeycomb Moss rug designed with our bespoke Make Me A Rug service.

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/08/mini-moderns-rug-stars/feed/ 0 Margo Selby Rug Stars: We’re talking rugs with stars of the interior world. https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/06/margo-selby-rug-stars/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/06/margo-selby-rug-stars/#respond Mon, 04 Jun 2018 08:47:27 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=2266 Award winning textile designer Margo Selby’s Rug Stars choice is her own design Frolic Westbrook, a multi-coloured striped rug, that she has teamed with an inner Double Piping Cotton Border in Pink and an outer Stripes Thick Black border.

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]]> https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/06/margo-selby-rug-stars/feed/ 0 Kate Watson-Smyth Rug Stars: We’re talking wool rugs with a star of the interior world. https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/03/kate-watson-smyth-rug-stars/ https://floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk/blog/2018/03/kate-watson-smyth-rug-stars/#respond Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:11:17 +0000 https://www.alternativeflooring.com/blog/?p=2200 Journalist, author and award winning blogger Kate Watson-Smyth’s Rug Stars choice is a made to measure Wool Pebble Stade carpet with a Thick Stripe Grey border.

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